Insurers May Cut Allocations to Poorly Performing Hedge Fund Investment Sector September 24, 2020 By Maiya Keidan and Carolyn Cohn Having complained for years about hedge funds’ high fees and lackluster performance, insurance firms may be preparing to cut allocations...
XL Group’s McGavick Cuts Exposure to Hedge Funds to Boost Investment Yield February 14, 2018 By Sonali Basak XL Group Ltd., the insurer with about $38 billion of investments, is reducing its exposure to hedge funds, Chief Executive...
Insurers Rethinking $17.7 Billion Invested in Hedge Funds May 24, 2016 By Katherine Chiglinsky and Sonali Basak Insurers have had about enough of hedge funds. Stung by market-trailing returns, the insurance industry in the U.S. is reversing...
Buffett Has No Love for High-Priced Money Managers; Says Even a President Trump Couldn’t Derail U.S. Economy May 4, 2016 By Margaret Collins and Noah Buhayar Warren Buffett’s biggest investment tip: Be wary of fees. At the annual meeting of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the billionaire...